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Mo Farah was trafficked to the UK – the government's new immigration law could make it harder for modern slavery victims to receive help

Sir Mo Farah has bravely revealed that he was trafficked to the UK as a child, taken to a new country by a woman he didn’t know and forced to work as a domestic servant.

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2022

Tom Tugendhat calls deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘a totem’ but would let plan go ahead

Tory leadership contender wants Navy ships in Mediterranean to ‘close down roots’ of trafficking – but says hardline policy should be given ‘a bit more time’

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

Rapper Kodak Black arrested in Florida on oxycodone charge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Kodak Black was arrested Friday on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, according to court documents.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022

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Rapper Kodak Black arrested in Florida on oxycodone charge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Kodak Black was arrested Friday on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, according to court documents.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022

‘I could have been a Mo Farah’: trafficked boxer denied his shot at Olympic glory by Home Office

Kelvin Bilal Fawaz reveals how Farah’s TV interview was a reminder of how his own boxing career was lost to life in immigration limbo

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on drug charges in Florida

Authorities have arrested rapper Kodak Black in South Florida on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2022

Anti-trafficking bill to be introduced in monsoon session of Parliament

According to the draft bill, a person found guilty of trafficking can be imprisoned for a term not less than seven years that may extend to 10 years.

The Hindu · Jul 16, 2022

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Mexico captures an infamous drug lord who killed a DEA agent

Rafael Caro Quintero has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official confirmed.

WEKU · Jul 15, 2022

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

A New Report Casts Doubt on the Assumption That Gun Law Violators Are a Public Menace

The vast majority of federal firearm offenses involve illegal possession, often without aggravating conduct or a history of violence.

Reason · Jul 15, 2022

Daler Mehndi, Navjot Sidhu in same barrack in Punjab's Patiala jail

PATIALA: Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi — who was sent to jail on Thursday after the additional session court of Patiala upheld a lower court’s decision sentencing him to two-year jail term in a 2003 human trafficking case — has been allotted the same barrack where former Punjab Congress president Navjot…

The Times of India · Jul 15, 2022

Human trafficking: Court upholds two-year jail term to Daler Mehndi

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2022

Farah case highlights fate of less famous victims of trafficking

Home Office accused of prioritising exceptional cases in immigration decisions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

Breaking News: Daler Mehndi sentenced to 2-year jail in human trafficking case

Patiala Additional Sessions Judge HS Grewal upholds two years imprisonment for Renowned Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 14, 2022

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Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2022

Mo Farah had no option but to hide truth about his trafficking ordeal, says ex-teacher

Former teacher and best man at Sir Mo Farah’s wedding said he wasn’t surprised when the Olympian revealed his true past

Reuters · Jul 14, 2022

UK police investigate after Mo Farah says he was child trafficking victim

(This July 14 story corrects to state Farah was enrolled at two primary schools and attended Feltham Community College at 11)

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Sir Mo Farah 'relieved' as immigration officials say he won't be investigated after coming out as human trafficking victim

London police look into Olympic star Mo Farah's revelation that he was illegally brought to the UK and forced into domestic slavery as a child.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Advocates: Farah's story can help other trafficking victims

Until this week, Mo Farah was a four-time Olympic champion winding down his hugely successful career as a long-distance runner

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Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

U.S. says 2 Congolese plead guilty to trafficking ivory, rhinoceros horn

Two Congolese, who were earlier arrested in the United States and indicted by a federal grand jury, have pleaded guilty to trafficking elephant ivory and white rhinoceros horn from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Seattle, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly back in Chicago for sex trial

R. Kelly has returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Sex trafficking survivor hopes Sir Mo’s revelation will help male victims

The four-time Olympic champion said in BBC documentary The Real Mo Farah that he was trafficked into the UK at the age of nine.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

Sir Mo Farah’s wife: Living with hurt of child trafficking secret ‘not natural’

The emotional wife of Sir Mo Farah says living with his child trafficking secret was “not natural” as Scotland Yard confirmed it was assessing allegations made by the four-time Olympic gold medallist.

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

Four men arrested in London in human trafficking investigation

This is the moment police hunting a human trafficking gang suspected of smuggling 32 people into lorries to bring them to the UK break down the door of the alleged kingpin and place handcuffs on him.

Daily Record · Jul 13, 2022

Mo Farah’s harrowing story shines a light on Tories’ shameful asylum policy

Annie Brown says the UK should be a sanctuary for children like Mo, who flee from conflict only to be exploited.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Trafficking victims ‘fear being criminalised’ if they seek help

Charity workers hope Sir Mo Farah’s decision to reveal he was trafficked would encourage more victims to come forward

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